Friday, September 04, 2015

Folks, I am back to doing more “New Accessions” posts!After a few weeks of personal, at-home
preservation tips, I wanted to take a short break and fill you in on some of
the excellent, research-value laden materials and collections we have acquired
recently.

The collection I am highlighting today came to me by way of
the Ambrose family, who met with me to donate a prescriptions scrapbook from
the 1890’s and some medicinal bottles of unknown vintage (some of the bottles
still contain fluid—yuck).The scrapbook
is pretty unique.We have another prescription
scripts collection, the Thornton Pharmacy Prescription Collection, which
contains a similar aggregate of scripts written in the early 20th
century.Like the Thornton Collection,
this scrapbook has scripts pasted in to it, in order and numbered (Thornton
scripts are loose, but in order as well).The scripts are handwritten and usually contain the name of the Doctor
or the Pharmacy that prescribed the medicine.The book is in amazing condition considering its age and the heavy use
of glue within its pages.The scrapbook
was collected by Robert Ambrose, however, we are unsure exactly how he came
across this book and why he kept it.

A dusty tome . . .

. . . Filled with prescriptions!

A few weeks after acquiring the scrapbook, I was sent a few
loose scripts from various pharmacies and doctors in the region.A nice little addition to the collection with
the dates being more in the 1907 range.

Loose scripts

The part of the acquisition which I want to point you to is
the roughly 25 bottles of medicine—many of which are empty—some of which are
not!The bottles will be stored with the
rest of the pharmaceuticals in our Pharmaceutical Preparations Collection,
which is kept together due to the types of materials found in there.

Several of the included medicinal bottles

The next step in processing (taking preservation actions and
creating a detailed collection guide) will involve light cleaning of the
bottles and some research into what they were used for or what they might have
once contained.

The secondary research value I can foresee for this
collection involves the analysis of the types of medications prescribed for
certain ailments and maladies in the latter 19th century.

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

We are very pleased to announce that our fall exhibit on School of Nursing history has been installed! See the official announcement below, and then come on down and check out these great documents, photos, artifacts and textiles from the history of the school!

Pioneering Nursing Education in Oregon: Highlights from OHSU
School of Nursing History

Drawing from archival documents, photographs and artifacts
from the history of the OHSU School of Nursing and its predecessors, this
exhibit traces the development of an institution, a profession, and a vibrant
educational community. The exhibit includes items from the School of Nursing
Archive Collection, which was transferred to OHSU Historical Collections &
Archives in 2014.

The exhibit will be on display September-December 2015 in
the OHSU Main Library, on the third floor of the Biomedical Information and
Communication Center (BICC) on OHSU’s Marquam Hill campus. For a campus map, as
well as customized driving, biking, and transit directions, please visit the
interactive OHSU map: http://www.ohsu.edu/map/

Monday, October 12th, 12:00pm
David Lubin, Ph.D.
"Behind the Mask: World War I, Plastic Surgery, and the Modern Beauty Revolution"
Presented by the OHSU Department of Surgery and the History of Medicine Society.OHSU Auditorium

Tuesday, November 17th, 4:00pm
Christopher Goetz, M.D.
"Jean-Martin Charcot and the Role of Art in His Neurological Career"
First Annual Rosenbaum History of Neurology lecture, presented by the OHSU Department of Neurology and the History of Medicine Society.OHSU Auditorium

For campus events, customized driving, biking, and transit directions may be found on the interactive OHSU map: http://www.ohsu.edu/map/

I'll add details and appropriate links for later events as I get them. Need more information ASAP? Call or email me! langform@ohsu.edu | 503-494-5587